The impact of career guidance (CG) for career choice (CC) in the secondary schools of Sepitsi Circuit in Lebowakgomo District, Limpopo Province

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of career guidance for career choice in
the secondary schools of Sepitsi Circuit in Lebowakgomo District, Limpopo Province.
The total number of secondary schools in the Circuit is twelve (12), with 20 Life
Orientation Educators (LOEs) and 275 Grade 12 Learners (GR12Ls). All schools are
public schools having the same features of rural and previously disadvantaged
communities’ context. The study was conducted during examination time and therefore
co-operation both in the part of learners and educators was not at the maximum as
expected. The research is evaluative in nature as the researcher sought to assess the
effectiveness of Career Choice (CC) as influenced by the implementation of Career
Guidance (CG). The primary data were collected by means of two categories of
questionnaires for mostly close-ended questions and open-ended questions for Grade
12 Learner (GR12L) respondents and Life Orientation Educator (LOE) participants
respectively. The findings show that CG is not given the necessary attention at
secondary schools as GR12Ls and LOEs struggle to understand obvious CG concepts.
This research project focuses on the value of such a study both to explain how Career
Guidance need to be taken as the mother of all subjects in schools as it is the nucleus
in the realization of the main aim of every country’s education system, participating fully
in the world of work for socio-economic growth. The study’s recommendations
concluded that Career Guidance, which is part of Life Orientation (LO), should be given
the status of a full subject in our schools.